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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 6h

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "Barrow-In-Furness - Seen With A Pal" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/09/walk...

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Poem 164 of 230: BARROW-IN-FURNESS, SEEN WITH A PAL - SUMMER 2001 Forests, fell-views, wind-farms and sands behind, The train, whil...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 1d

With #photos from a second trip (a couple of decades on) recently added, one of my #travel #poems, from WalkaboutsVerse, on, in North Wales, "#Holyhead and Surrounds" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 165 OF 230

Poem 165 of 230: HOLYHEAD AND SURROUNDS - SUMMER 2001 The vivid heaths backed by Snowdon, The water-filled “Giant’s Divots,” And t...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 2d

#Cumbria My #travel #song, from WalkaboutsVerse, on a day-trip to "#Windermere" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/09/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 159 OF 230

Poem 159 of 230: WINDERMERE - SUMMER 2001 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR: C2 F3 G2 F3 D1 F2 D3 C1 C3 B2 G3 F2 A1 G3 B2 c1 c3 C2 F3 G2...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 5d

My WalkaboutsVerse #poetry on "#Oxford Blue" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/11/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 133 OF 230

Poem 133 of 230: OXFORD BLUE - SPRING 2001 A contract ended/a new one begun, And a move from Bolton back to Bury - A top-floor cou...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 5d

Those of African & Asian origin doing worse on U.K. health-stats has northing (these days) to do with #racism - dark-skin DOES require more sunlight for enough #vitaminD to be healthy, & England IS too far north for them; my #poem on "Repatriating..." walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 228 OF 230

Poem 228 of 230: REPATRIATING - AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND I toast sliced-bread before frying - Nigh full-English; I like to sunbathe in win...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 6d

With plenty of #pics attached, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Joys of Life" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 229 OF 230

Poem 229 of 230: JOYS OF LIFE Leightons, and other great art; Plumes of fireworks at night; The vivid reds of sunrise - Repea...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 6d

Have Richard Gere &/or Julia Roberts apologised for, in #PrettyWoman, presenting prostitution & huge inequality in such a positive light? My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Rodeo Drive" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 37 OF 230

Poem 37 of 230: RODEO DRIVE On visiting Los Angeles, I thought I’d walk Rodeo Drive; I’d passed a few up-market shops When an...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 6d

Seeing the #NoKings "Rapid Response Choir" & the "NO FAUX KING WAY" banner! on #CNN just now, the #UnitedNations should make all monarchism illegal; &, as for Jesus on this, my poem "AFTER PSALM 118:9 & MATTHEW 4:8-10" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 225 OF 230

Poem 225 of 230: AFTER PSALM 118:9 AND MATTHEW 4:8-10 The monarchies, Now, are blasphemies - The only born-ruler Is a God-cho...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 7d

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, about a walk to & from work in #Bury "Following the Sun" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/01/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 113 OF 230

Poem 113 of 230: FOLLOWING THE SUN - SPRING 2000 Having moved, by buses, up the hill from Salford to Bury (To be within walk of new...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 7d

Agree on economic/CAPITALIST #immigration clamp-downs but, re #NoKings/#Trump protests, with its revoltingly inhumane inequality, the #UnitedNations should make all monarchism illegal; &, as for Jesus on this, my poem "AFTER PSALM 118:9 & MATTHEW 4:8-10" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/02/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 225 OF 230

Poem 225 of 230: AFTER PSALM 118:9 AND MATTHEW 4:8-10 The monarchies, Now, are blasphemies - The only born-ruler Is a God-cho...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 7d

My WalkaboutsVerse #peom from a visit to #Fiji, "Mazda" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 29 OF 230

Poem 29 of 230: MAZDA In Nadi, Fiji, beside the airport, There’s a course where I played a game. I was met by a young Fijian lad, ...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 8d

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on capitalism, "The Order of the Day" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/04/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 90 OF 230

Poem 90 of 230: THE ORDER OF THE DAY When I read “Faces in the Street,” A poem by Henry Lawson, Born a century afore me, I sig...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 8d

#FashionTV My WalkaboutsVerse #poem "SOME-DESIGNERS’ DIAPHANOUS ERRS" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/04/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 210 OF 230

Poem 210 of 230: SOME-DESIGNERS’ DIAPHANOUS ERRS What will be next - Catwalk models Showing pussy As well as breast? (C) D...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 9d

My WalkaboutsVerse #poetry about #police on the beat, "Seen" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/11/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 137 OF 230

Poem 137 of 230: SEEN A change of pace - Walks through a place; Crime-streets more clean - Through being seen. Walking in t...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 9d

My Walkaboutsverse #song, with #photos attached, "Impressions of #London in 1997" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/08/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 42 OF 230

Poem 42 of 230: IMPRESSIONS OF LONDON IN 1997 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR: E2 F#3 G1 G1 A3 G2 F#2 F#3 E2 F#1 F#1 F#1-G3 F#2 E2 E3...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 10d

Re "This Land is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie), my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "Land Rights" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/05/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 76 OF 230

Poem 76 of 230: LAND RIGHTS If there is a good thing, From the Second World War, It’s that most peoples learnt To conquer l...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 11d

With #photos added from a 2nd visit in 2023 (day-tripping via train from #Nice), my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on, in 1988, #Monaco & its Railway Loo" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 18 OF 230

Poem 18 of 230: MONACO AND ITS RAILWAY LOO Neither by stealth, I was shocked, too, Among the wealth By ...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 13d

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem about cars & steering wheels - "Other Side" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 11 OF 230

Poem 11 of 230: OTHER SIDE On the road from Inverness to Glasgow (A very scenic road it is), I hitched with a pair - Italiano ; ...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 13d

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with lots of #photos, on "Birdwatchers' #Bude" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/06/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 190 OF 230

Poem 190 of 230: BIRDWATCHERS’ BUDE - WINTER 2001/2 Behind the Tourist Centre, Between canal and river, On the marshy drained-floo...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 14d

#photography A selection of my favourite #photos here - davidfranks.blogspot.com/p/a-selectio...

A Selection of My Photos

Click on once to enlarge, & outside pic or "esc" key to return; more pics are attached to my poems, here - walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 14d

My WalkaboutsVerse #poetry, with #photography, on "Picturing #Sydney" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/12/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 4 OF 230

Poem 4 of 230: PICTURING SYDNEY A good place to start is Sydney Tower, With its enthralling panoramic feast: Olympic grounds - we...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 14d

Re #Glasgow Botanic #Gardens, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "At a Pond" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/06/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 67 OF 230

Poem 67 of 230: AT A POND By habit, At a pond, I look down Into it, With the wish Of finding Signs of life - Like...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 14d

My #travel #song, from WalkaboutsVerse, on a day-trip to "#Windermere" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/09/walk...

WALKABOUTSVERSE 159 OF 230

Poem 159 of 230: WINDERMERE - SUMMER 2001 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR: C2 F3 G2 F3 D1 F2 D3 C1 C3 B2 G3 F2 A1 G3 B2 c1 c3 C2 F3 G2...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 15d

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photography, on #Google BlogSpot, "#Manchester - A Gist" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/07/walk...

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Poem 57 of 230: MANCHESTER - A GIST Sports, large warehouses and merchants are the gist - A centre for distribution and trade, Plu...

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David Franks: photography, music, poetry - "WalkaboutsVerse"... @walkaboutsverse.bsky.social · 15d

My WalkaboutsVerse song, on Googles BlogSpot, with #photography, "Tees to Tyne - first impressions" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/walk...

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Poem 162 of 230: TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001 (TUNE - IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR: E3 F#1 F#1 E2 D2 E3 F#1 F#3 F#3 G1 G1 ...

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